Image Engine was lead visual effects vendor, completing 311 shots for Academy Award-nominated District 9. The studio’s scope of work included creating 100% of the digital aliens, as well as the alien mother ship, CG helicopters, CG Casspir troop carriers, and miscellaneous shots with computer-generated gore and compositing tasks.
Learn more about what we worked on and how we created it by reading our case study.
IMAGE ENGINE VFX SUPERVISOR
Dan Kaufman
IMAGE ENGINE VFX PRODUCER
Stefanie Boose
Hollywood: Movie Technology: Avatar, District 9 and Paranormal Activity
CGW: Alien Achievement
FX Guide: District 9
Georgia Straight: District 9’s aliens breed in Vancouver
Washington Post: ‘District 9’: In Many Ways, It’s a Perfect 10
AWN: Neill Blomkamp Talks ‘District 9’
Gizmodo: Neill Blomkamp Wanted District 9’s Aliens To Be As Disgusting As Possible
2010 Academy Award Nomination, Best Achievement in Visual Effects for District 9
2010 BAFTA Award Nomination, Best Special Visual Effects for District 9
2010 VES Award Winner, Outstanding Compositing in a Feature Motion Picture for District 9
2010 VES Award Nomination, Outstanding Visual Effects in a Visual Effects Driven a Feature Motion Picture for District 9
2010 VES Award Nomination, Outstanding Animated Character in a Live Action Feature Motion Picture for District 9; “Christopher Johnson”
